Carrots Love Tomatoes: Secrets of Companion Planting for Successful GardeningEmploys a dictionary format to furnish information on the characteristics and uses of plants that promote the growth of other varieties, offering descriptions of helpful weeds and insect-repellent plants. |
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Page 37
... improving both growth and flavor . Planted in apple orchards they are of benefit in preventing apple scab , or made into chive tea may be used as a spray for apple scab or against powdery mildew on gooseberries and cucumbers ...
... improving both growth and flavor . Planted in apple orchards they are of benefit in preventing apple scab , or made into chive tea may be used as a spray for apple scab or against powdery mildew on gooseberries and cucumbers ...
Page 62
... improving both their growth and flavor . Flax planted near potatoes will protect against the Colorado potato beetle . ( See chapter on POISONOUS PLANTS . ) Leaf extracts of the false flax ( Camelina sativa and C. microcarpa ) ...
... improving both their growth and flavor . Flax planted near potatoes will protect against the Colorado potato beetle . ( See chapter on POISONOUS PLANTS . ) Leaf extracts of the false flax ( Camelina sativa and C. microcarpa ) ...
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... improving qualities , but one variety , C. sagittalis , found on bottomland in the Missouri and Mississippi basin , is very poisonous to cattle and horses and should be eradicated . Following its cutting or plowing under , plant a crop ...
... improving qualities , but one variety , C. sagittalis , found on bottomland in the Missouri and Mississippi basin , is very poisonous to cattle and horses and should be eradicated . Following its cutting or plowing under , plant a crop ...
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